The socioeconomic status of children with epilepsy in Zambia: Implications for long-term health and well-being

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 620-623

  Chomba, Elwyn ^a,b   Haworth, Alan ^a,c   Atadzhanov, Masharip ^a   Mbewe, Edward ^c   Birbeck, Gretchen L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^c Chainama College of Health Sciences   (Zambia)

^d East Lansing   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Deprivation; Drowning; Education; Epilepsy; Nutritional status; Pediatrics; Socioeconomic status; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; ZAMBIA;

CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZAMBIA;

EID: 54049092380     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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